Time to respectfully evict Calhoun and Hampton from Washington

While I breathe, I hope. South Carolina’s motto, as always, hurls us headlong with joy and optimism into the New Year. My ...
WSPA

City of Charleston makes decision on future of John C. Calhoun statue

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Over five years ago, the John C. Calhoun statue that stood over Charleston’s Marion Square was removed. On Tuesday, the City of Charleston announced that the statue must be ...
Post and Courier

Editorial: Fate of the Calhoun statue is now a private matter, and needs to remain so

For centuries, the center of governance in South Carolina has been the Statehouse, and the central governing authority has been the Legislature. That has remained the case even as lawmakers slowly ...
NBC Washington

Charleston Officials to Remove Statue of Slavery Advocate

Despite a South Carolina law protecting monuments, officials in the historic city of Charleston announced Wednesday that they plan to remove a statue of slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a ...
abcnews4

Charleston City Council approves settlement over controversial John C. Calhoun statue

Dalton arson, homicide suspect crossed highway lanes in fatal crash, Kentucky Police say The runaway suspect of the Dalton arson and homicide case sped over 100 miles per hour and crossed highway ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Slavery advocate's statue being removed in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston was removing a symbol of its legacy on Wednesday, sending crews to take away a statue honoring John C. Calhoun, an early U.S.
Post and Courier

Editorial: Turn Charleston's John C. Calhoun monument into a teaching tool

It’s understandable that the politics of this moment — one fed by passion over the videotaped killing of an African American man by a Minneapolis police officer and shaped by a white supremacist’s ...